Waking up this morning and there's snow gently falling, but it's too little, too late really. Last night on the way home from school there was talk of snow and the clouds above even looked heavy with it. I looked out of the window at bedtime though and there was no sign of the white stuff. This ... Read More about Snow Day

I thought about going for a run today or maybe a walk. I did get out in the garden for a bit while the sun shone for a short while after the school run, but it didn't last long. Luckily I managed to get the small tree (not sure what type or where it came from) down and all cut up to go in our ... Read More about Some Days Are Better Spent Inside

I've been struggling with concentration lately. Life has thrown a few boulders right at me and I have had to write everything down to make sure it gets done. I always make lists, but this writing things down has gone far beyond that. So I've been having a go at meditating as a way of trying to ... Read More about Meditating

I've posted extensively here about J's bedwetting. We have tried a few things over the past year after seeing the school nurse.
To begin with we tried increasing bladder capacity by drinking more during the day. This didn't go very well as J is at school 5 days a week and most of his drinking ... Read More about Bedwetting: Have We Seen the Back of it?

It was certainly a bit of a spectacle watching the cyclists going past at their nearest point to us. To be honest though I was quickly bored, but then cycling has always been a means of transport rather than a sport to me. I can understand that it's great for the participants to be able to cycle ... Read More about Birmingham Velo and the Road Closures